Birds in Mexico
228 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Mexico has 228 bird species recorded regularly there: 81 residents, 13 summer visitors, 99 winter visitors, 33 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 14 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Mexico in September
176 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Barn Swallow
Summer visitor

White-winged Dove
Resident

Turkey Vulture
Resident

Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Resident

Eurasian Collared Dove
Resident

House Finch
Resident

Great White Egret
Resident

House Sparrow
Resident
Arriving in September: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Nashville Warbler, American Redstart, Magnolia Warbler, Lincoln's Sparrow, Black-throated Green Warbler, Broad-winged Hawk and 28 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Mexico each month: most in April (202), fewest in June (121). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliacaLC
Regularly Oct–May

Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep

Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec

Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescensLC
Regularly Oct

Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul

Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewisLC
Regularly Dec

Red-breasted Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus ruberLC
Regularly Oct–Feb

Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
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Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC

Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoidesLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Apr–Jan

Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun

Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr

Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Sep

Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Feb

Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU

Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Dec

Varied Thrush
Ixoreus naeviusLC
Regularly Nov

Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
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Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made